Waves and Fetch in the Marginal Ice Zone

• Main Author: Thomson, Jim
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ARCTIC OCEAN; *MARGINAL ICE ZONES; BEAUFORT SEA; INTERACTIONS; OCEAN WAVES; OPEN WATER; SEA ICE; SWIFT(SURFACE WAVE INSTRUMENT FLOATS WITH TRACKING); Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Sea; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA572577; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA572577

The long-term goal is to improve prediction of the arctic Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) by improving basic understanding of the interaction between waves, sea ice, and open water (i.e., fetch). The primary objective is to improve wave source/sink parameterizations by directly measuring the growth and dissipation of waves in the MIZ. The secondary objective is to develop a surface wave climatology of the arctic ocean and the relation to the seasonal MIZ. The original document contains color images.